Lolly is from Bristol
I understood that bit, it was just a bit of a surprise. Is her full name at least Alexandra?As in I'm their great guncle
I understood that bit, it was just a bit of a surprise. Is her full name at least Alexandra?

Then as it's a family name it's perfectly acceptable. I may be a brazen snob, but I can respect tradition.No, but her mum's is![]()
Then as it's a family name it's perfectly acceptable. I may be a brazen snob, but I can respect tradition.
As much as I take the piss, the names I mentioned earlier aren't bad (I used to love the name Freya, until it was given to every child born since 2014), but working where I do I've seen every possibly misspelling and random hyphenation in an attempt to make them look unique and it really doesn't end up having that effect.I tell you what though, if I was a teacher, I'd much rather be one in a council estate area with the fabulous names with a myriad of spellings, letters with accents and hyphens, rather than a middle class one where 75% of the children are called Olivia or Sophie, Oliver or Jack.
If she was following family tradition, she could have called her Phyllis or Edna
Those are ace names. My grandma was called Norma Winnifred, and she used to say her name was so horrible none of us would ever name our children after her. Especially cruel because her sister was called Estelle Caroline which is just pure class from beginning to end.I like Alexandra...the good thing about it is that you have options: Alexandra, Alex, Sandra, Xandra, Lexxi, Lex...depending on who you want to be. You don't get that with "Claire", eh?

I’ve always liked Xander, but only my sister uses it![]()
I tried briefly to get people to call me 'Lucas' just to be a bit exotic. Didn't work.I’ve always liked Xander, but only my sister uses it![]()
A girl at my university did that. I referred to her as 'one em a', occasionally to her face.Have a word. There was a girl at my school called Emma who decided she wanted to make her name unique, so dropped one of the m's. Ema isn't even pronounced the same way.
Buffy the vampire slayer erm and hmmDoes Xander exist outside of boybands and porn?
I tried briefly to get people to call me 'Lucas' just to be a bit exotic. Didn't work.
GOOD!!Probably the last significant anniversary before everyone who remembers it is dead, as well.
What do they think they're achieving? Another girl at my school was called Crystal, but chose to spell it Krystle...A girl at my university did that. I referred to her as 'one em a', occasionally to her face.
I can sort of make my peace with Garrett, but GARTH?I did that with Garth and Garrett.
I hope WW1 is cancelled now. That has truly passed. Very few still alive surely. The oldest guy is 110 so we're almost there.
I presume other countries have other awful commemoration days.
If you're personally offended by anything then report it to Octy who will stab Buttertart to death.@ButterTart is intent on offending everyone in this thread. I await his apology.
I know FOR A FACT your children are called Kylie and Dannii.@ButterTart is intent on offending everyone in this thread. I await his apology.
I can sort of make my peace with Garrett, but GARTH?
I've quite enjoyed the rainbows in the windows. I don't mind a Royal bank holiday. At least we get a wedding rather than a WAR MEMORIAL.We just went for a walk and saw loads of houses with bunting, it was quite nice
Literally the first thing I thought of was Birds of a Feather.This was before I understood what Essex was.
I have to say my name is RATHER POSH
That said my SURNAME usually gets mistaken for a rather RUDE wordListen, you're not kidding anyone, Septimus Rees-Mogg.